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Crevalle jackRetention openSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker68
- Spot66
- Atlantic tarpon59
- Common snook59
- Crevalle jack54
- Red drum53
- Gray snapper52
- Southern flounder52
- Summer flounder51
- Florida pompano46
- King mackerel46
- Black drum45
- Weakfish45
- Spotted seatrout43
- Little tunny42
- Red snapper42
- Black sea bass41
- Spanish mackerel41
- Wahoo40
- Gray triggerfish38
- Red grouper38
- Mahi-mahi36
- Sheepshead36
- Bluefish35
- Cobia35
- Yellowfin tuna35
- Greater amberjack33
- Sailfish30
- Gag grouper20
Best score today · 9 AM · Crevalle jack
- Now
- 544 AM EDT
- Best window
- 5 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
19Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 2 kt SPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
61Water temp: 86°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.1 ftSeason & habitat · Crevalle jack
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Atlantic state waters (Nassau through Miami-Dade counties)
Crevalle jack
Retention open- Daily limit
- Not published
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Two fish or 100 pounds per person per day, whichever is more. Crevalle jack is an unregulated species with this default limit. Hook and line, spears, gigs, haul seines and cast nets.
From FWC Recreational Regulations: "Unregulated" Species, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Atlantic croaker Retention open (50 per day)
- Black drum Retention open (5 per day)
- Bluefish Retention open (3 per day)
- Bonefish Catch & release (No retention)
- Cobia Retention open (1 per day)
- Florida pompano Retention open (6 per day)
- Gag grouper Closed (No retention)
- Gray snapper Retention open (5 per day (10 snapper combined))
- Gray triggerfish Retention open (10 per day)
- Greater amberjack Retention open (1 per day)
- King mackerel Retention open (2 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (5 per day)
- Permit Retention open (2 per day)
- Red drum Catch & release (No retention)
- Red grouper Retention open (3 per day (3 Atlantic grouper and tilefish combined))
- Red snapper Check regulations
- Sailfish Retention open (1 per day (1 billfish combined))
- Sheepshead Retention open (8 per day)
- Snook Retention open (1 per day)
- Southern flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Spanish mackerel Retention open (15 per day)
- Spot Retention open (50 per day)
- Spotted seatrout Retention open (2 per day)
- Summer flounder Retention open (5 per day)
- Tarpon Catch & release (No retention)
- Wahoo Retention open (2 per day)
Source: FWC · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Crevalle jack is best here
Peak season for Crevalle jack · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Big Slough
- Depth
- 1-4 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonCrevalle jack
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Big Slough
Big Slough is a bay in Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm, Florida. Depth is 1-4 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 29 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Atlantic tarpon. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, Atlantic tarpon and common snook, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, black drum, weakfish and little tunny. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic tarpon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Crevalle jack
- Jacks roam in schools through inlets, passes, bays, river mouths and along beaches, pushing bait to the surface, and big fish also hold on nearshore reefs and wrecks. Watch for birds and surface blowups, then cast a popper, a spoon or a bucktail into the school and retrieve fast. Bring heavy spinning tackle, because a jack over 15 pounds runs hard and fights for a long time.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- North Hole68
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- Spot 66
- Common snook 59
2 kt SH 8:16 AM · 0.4 ftL 3:17 PM · 0.3 ft
- South Hole68
Bay · 0.4 mi
Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 66
- Atlantic tarpon 65
2 kt SH 8:16 AM · 0.4 ftL 3:17 PM · 0.3 ft
- News Cut68
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 68
- Spot 66
- Common snook 59
2 kt SH 8:16 AM · 0.4 ftL 3:17 PM · 0.3 ft
- Black Point63
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Top: Atlantic croakerPeak season- Atlantic croaker 63
- Spot 61
- Common snook 59
2 kt SH 8:16 AM · 0.4 ftL 3:17 PM · 0.3 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with FWC before you keep a fish.